Norbert Gescher
Norbert Gescher (born December 14, 1938 in Berlin ) is a German actor , reciter and voice actor .
Stage, film and television
The son of the Ringelnatz widow Leonharda "Muschelkalk" Ringelnatz Gescher and the homeopath and Ringelnatz friend Julius Gescher first completed a classical acting training and worked as a theater actor on numerous stages, including a. in Berlin.
His rare appearances as an actor in film and television include the family series Peter ist der Boss (with Joachim Nottke and Edeltraut Elsner ) and the pilot film for the RTL action series Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei .
Radio play and dubbing
Norbert Gescher is known to a wide audience primarily for his memorable voice. He has worked in numerous radio plays and radio productions such as Jan Tenner , Professor van Dusen and Benjamin Blümchen . In 2008 he spoke in the Lady Bedfort radio play Lady Bedfort and the Legacy of the Ice Angler as the character Mr. West .
Since 1969, he also worked extensively as a voice actor , lending in more than 700 film and television productions his voice internationally known fellow actors, including more than 30 roles Beau Bridges z. B. in the The fabulous Baker Boys as well as in the television series The Agency - In the crosshairs of the CIA , Stargate - Kommando SG-1 and My Name Is Earl , further Richard Dreyfuss in over 30 roles, including z. B. The night has many eyes . He also frequently dubbed comedian Steve Martin , z. B. in Housesitter - Lies Have Beautiful Legs or The Little Horror Shop , as well as the actor Charles Dance , among others in Last Action Hero , he also dubbed:
- 1985: as Calvin "Slick" Stanhope in Silverado
- 1985: as Ed Okin in Upside Down into the Night
- 2009: as old Spock in Star Trek
- 2009–2012: as Dr. William Bell in Fringe - Borderline Cases of the FBI (TV Series)
Movies
- 1975: Michael Palin as Sir Galahad in The Knights of the Coconut
- 1976: Albert Brooks as Tom in Taxi Driver
- 1976: Harvey Keitel as Ken Hood in Welcome to Los Angeles
- 1976: Horst Buchholz as Dr. Jorge Müller in Killer bees attack
- 1977: Richard Chamberlain as David Burton in The Last Flood
- 1978: John Hurt as Hazel in Watership Down
- 1980: Ken Colley as Admiral Piett in The Empire Strikes Back
- 1984: William Atherton as Walter Peck in Ghostbusters
- 1985: Chevy Chase as Emmett Fitz-Hume in Spies Like Us
- 1985: Jim Broadbent as Dr. Jaffe in Brazil
- 1986: James Belushi as a customer service / taxi driver / cop in Jumpin 'Jack Flash
- 1989: Robert Wagner as Alfred Bennett in Around the World in 80 Days
- 1990: Chevy Chase as Carlo Christopher in LA Story
- 1992: Christopher Walken as Max Shreck in Batman's Return
- 1995: Pete Postlethwaite as Gilbert in Dragonheart
- 1996: James Mason as Norman Maine (excerpt from A New Star in the Sky ) in Twister
- 1998: Howard Attfield as a jeweler in Forever and Ever
- 1998: Jeffrey Tambor as Sully in Crazy About Mary
- 1998: Timothy Kightley as Edward Pope in Shakespeare in Love
- 1999: Silas Carson as Ki-Adi-Mundi in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
- 1999: Henry Goodman as the Ritz Concierge in Notting Hill
- 2000: Neil Crone as Gordon in Thomas, The Fantastic Locomotive
- 2002: Silas Carson as Ki-Adi-Mundi in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
- 2005: Silas Carson as Ki-Adi-Mundi in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
- 2007: JK Simmons as Candidate Wells in Postal
- 2008: Niall Buggy as Father Alex in Mamma Mia!
Series
- 1979: Bruce Boa as Harry Hamilton in Fawlty Towers
- 1988–1993: James Best as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in A Duke Seldom Comes Alone
- 1994–2003: Mitch Pileggi as Walter Skinner (1st voice) in The X Files - The FBI's Scary Cases
- 2005: Daran Norris as Ki-Adi-Mundi in Star Wars: Clone Wars
- 2005: JK Simmons as Dr. Clarence Weaver in Numbers - The Logic of Crime
- 2007: Richard Penn as Dr. Gainsburg in Desperate Housewives
- 2008: Tim Brock as a medical droid in Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- 2008–2012: Brian George as Ki-Adi-Mundi in Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- 2009: Jude Ciccolella as Howard Scuderi in Prison Break
Gescher and Ringelnatz
Through his mother, Norbert Gescher came into contact with the literary work of her first husband, the poet Joachim Ringelnatz , whose literary legacy he still manages today.
He also keeps the visual artistic work of Ringelnatz, who since the 1920s created a large number of oil paintings, watercolors and drawings as a painter, which are on loan from Geschers a. a. in the Galerie Nierendorf in Berlin. In addition, Gescher has published a selection of drawings and poems by Ringelnatz under the title Es Wippt eine Lampe durch die Nacht .
Filmography (selection)
- 1973 Peter is the boss (episode: Holidays on balconies )
- 1996 Alarm for Cobra 11 - The highway police : bombs at kilometer 92
- 2006 Police call 110 - milkweed
Web links
- Norbert Gescher in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Norbert Gescher in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Bräutigam: Stars and their German voices: Lexicon of the voice actors. Schüren 2009, ISBN 3-894-72627-X , p. 104.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gescher, Norbert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, reciter and voice actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1938 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |